Job overview

 The TB Nursing Service is part of Public Health and Prevention Directorate and has a dual role in providing TB care and the delivery of the neonatal BCG vaccination programme. The service provides advice and support to patients about TB and works to ensure compliance with treatment and to prevent onwards transmission.

We are excited to be recruiting a Tuberculosis (TB) Specialist Nurse for east Kent. We are seeking someone with excellent communication skills, who enjoys the challenge of working with socially and medically complex patients in a community setting and who is passionate about advocating for our patients. We are looking forward to welcoming the right candidate to our ‘Outstanding’ Trust and our friendly and well-established team.
We care for adults, children and babies, through case management, screening clinics, BCG vaccination and health promotion. The post will involve visiting people in their own homes, clinics and some outreach work as well as phone and virtual appointments. 
The role will primarily involve caring for patients in the east Kent, but may involve some wider travel in Kent for training and meetings. The post holder will need to be able to work autonomously without direct supervision.
In return for your hard work we offer you a flexible working environment, personal development and a comprehensive corporate and local induction programme. We strongly believe in making sure you have the right support, resources and training to enjoy your job.

Main duties of the job

Specialist TB Nurses play a vital public health role in reducing the onwards transmission of TB through contact tracing, identifying close contacts of index cases and offering screening in line with TB guidelines. Their role includes co-ordinating and delivering TB screening clinics, attending incident management meetings and responding to outbreaks.

Specialist TB Nurses provide expert knowledge and skills acting as a resource to advise, educate and support the TB multidisciplinary team and raise awareness of TB to the public and other health care professionals.

Specialist TB Nurses support the delivery of the local neonatal BCG immunisation programme, delivering the vaccine to eligible babies in clinics.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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